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Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

The wonderful scent of simmering marmalade filled the kitchen on this bitterly cold winter day, for here in Canada, the citrus season comes in during our bleak winter months. The color on these oranges as i cut into them was … Continue reading →

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Foraging in February Garden Zone 5a

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

With Winter having a very firm grip on us with loads of fresh snow, there is not a lot of forage available right now, in the “hunger months” A single serving of raw High Bush Cranberries (100 grams) contains 25 … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Forage, local food | Tagged 100 mile diet, Canadian, Canning, cranberry-sauce, Eat what you grow, food, Forage, Fruit syrup, Garden Zone 5, High Bush Cranberries, HIgh bush Cranberry BBQ, High bush Cranberry Tea, Lean times, local food, Native fruit, Putting up, recipe, recipes, Wild Fruit, Winter Forage, Winter harvests, Winter Lean | Leave a comment

Cara Cara Orange Marmalade Recipe

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

Last Week Dear hubby sent me a message that at the store in the city where i normally get my Seville oranges for marmalade didn’t have any.. However they had my Blood Oranges and they had wonderful looking and Cara Cara … Continue reading →

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Frugal Feb 2025

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

For so many years, I have done a no buy feb, but we faithfully did a no buy Nov and i am honestly not in the mood for it this Feb. We have a few things planned for the month … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged beef, Beef bones, Beef Ribs, bone broth, Canned Fruit, Canning, dinner, dried nettle, Eat what you grow, Farm Life, food, Frugal Feb, Frugal living, Fruit muffins, Garden like you mean it, Muffins, nettle, recipe, recipes, Roasting Bones, Tariffs | 2 Comments

Corned Beef Tongue -Waste Not, Want Not

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

While i used to raise my own beef, I was lucky enough to find someone who raises the most amazing grass fed beef just down the road for me, i gave my calf’s the best life i could but i … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged beef, Bulk buy, Corn Beef Hash, Corned Beef Tongue, dinner, food, Frugal, Homemade Corned Beef, homestead, Nose to tail cooking, odd bits, recipe, recipes, support small farmers, Waste not | 1 Comment

Black Current Bundt Cake Recipe

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Eat what you grow and harvest and in my freezer is so many tubs of Black Currents from the new 8 bush hedgerow i put into the new “Quote” Park Garden and Food Forest. We planted the two year old … Continue reading →

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Seed Saving for next year -Musquee de Province Pumpkin

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Each year in the gardens there are the seed savers, most are standard, peas, beans, tomatoes and so on.. Squash and pumpkins be it summer or winter keepers get a bit more tricky as they can and will cross pollinate … Continue reading →

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Lasagna – As easy as it gets!

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

While most folks make huge pans at a time, you can in fact make smaller portions. This one made four supper portions to be served with a salad on the side and if wanted of course you could do a … Continue reading →

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Beef Stock Cube Homemade

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

In prepping to clear my freezers of last years beef before this years order comes in mid dec, i need to use up the very last of the beef stock bones. I had been luck enough to get extra soup … Continue reading →

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Yellow Split Pea Soup Recipe

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Today is a perfect fall day to cook off a pot of Canadian Style Yellow Split Pea Soup I plan on enjoying it fresh made and canning up of the leftover soup into pint jars. In the oven slow roasting … Continue reading →